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DHCP server for IPV6 test environment setup

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I was planning on setting up a development environment for 10 client machines (windows 7-2008) in Windows 2008 dhcp server. The server is to assign IPV6 addresses. I found some information on the Internet but does anybody know a good
step by step link? I basically want a dhcpv6 server and connect it to a switch. When a windows 7 connects to the switch I want it to pickup an IPV6 address automatically. Also, what would be a good scope to use.
IPv6 address: 2001:db8:1234:5678::2

There are some fairly major differences berween IPv6 and IPv4 including (but certainly not limited to) address assignment. A great place to start is TechNet itself:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=technet+ipv6&src=ie9tr. 8 or so links in the search all have great info.

" 2001:db8::/32 This is a documentation prefix allowed in the IPv6. All the
examples of IPv6 addresses should ideally use this prefix to indicate that it is an example.

fec0::/10 This is a site-local prefix offered by IPv6. This address prefix signifies that the address is valid only within the local organization. Subsequently,
the usage of this prefix has been discouraged by the RFC."

The "Introduction to IPv6" whitepaper that Edward links to above is out of date (2008 was the last update). It does not mention the deprecation of the site-local address space (FEC0::/10) and the replacement of its functionality with unique local
addresses (FD00::/8). Jason's link above generates a random 48-bit prefix based on this new address space and is suitable for use inside organizations (not reachable outside the organization).

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